Ali Ferzat official website was suspended WTH !?

Famous cartoonist and scathing critic of Syria’s Ba’athist regime, Ali Ferzat, has been plucked off the streets of Damascus and badly beaten in an attack blamed on security forces and militiamen loyal to president Bashar al-Assad. They say that the pen is mightier than the sword, but the attack appears to be an attempt to get the prizewinning satirist to sheath his weapon of choice and to silence this voice. Support for Ferzat has been pouring in via his website, his own Facebook page, a Facebook supporter page, and on Twitter.

Important Alert!!

Dear friends, this is not a caricature of Mr. Ali Farzat’s pen and has no relation with it

Masked Syrian security force members and masked pro-regime Shabeeha (thugs) militiamen grabbed Ali Ferzat at the capital’s Ummayad Square while he was returning home by car at 4:30 am, said the Local Coordination Committees, which organizes activists on the ground. “The attackers stole the contents of his briefcase, including his drawings and other personal belongings,” the LCC’s Omar Idlbi said in a statement. “He was beaten hard, notably on his hands. Passersby found him on the road to the airport and he was taken to hospital,” he said.